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CARRIAGE BODY. No. 464,720. Patented Dec. 8, 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QEEICE. I

FRED ELLIS, OF AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

CARRIAG E-BODY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 464,720, dated December8, 1891.

Application filed March 4, 1891.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRED ELLIS, a citizen ofCanada, and aresident of Amesbury, in the county of Essex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements inCarriage-Bodies, of which the following, taken in connection with theaccompanying v drawings, is a specification.

showing one of the front seats swung upward to enable passengers toenter the rear portion of the carriage.

Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on thedifierent parts of the drawings. I

In the drawings, A is the bottom board, and A the foot-board, as usual.

A A are the side sills on the bottom board in the ordinary manner.

B is the middle partition and central support for the front seat, whichis made in two parts 0 O, the inner ends of which are hinged at b b tothe top of the middle partition B, as shown in the drawings. To theouter end of each front seat is hinged at c the side piece 0, the lowerend of which is made to rest on the sill A" when the front seat is inuse, as shown in Fig. 2.

O" is a link or rod, preferably made of metal and pivoted in a suitablemanner to the middle partition 13 and hinged side piece 0, as shown inFigs. 2 and 3, which serves for the purpose of holding the said sidepiece 0 in its proper position relative to the sill A and seat 0 whenthe latter is in use, acting as a brace or stay to prevent said sidepiece from moving in or out relative to the sill when the seat is inuse. It also acts asa guide-rod to automatically fold and unfold theside piece relative to the seat as the latter is raised and lowered, andwhen the seat is raised it serves 'E, as shown.

to hold the side piece up against the under Serial No. 383,706. (Nomodel.)

side of the seat, as shown in full lines in the left-hand portion ofFig. 3. By this arrangement of swinging upward either of thehalfsections of the front seat passengers may eas ily enter or leave therear portion of the carriage from either side of it, as may be desired.

C is an arm-rest, preferably made in the form of an upward extension onthe side piece 0', as shown in the drawings.

D D are, the sides of the back portion of the carriage,which sides aresecured ina suitable manner to the sills A" A", said sides havingsecured to their upper portions the usual side rails D D, on which therear seat E is made to slide forward and back.

A is the tail-board, hinged in its lower end to the rear end of thebottom board A, as usual.

To each side rail D is secured an upright D to the upper end of which ispivoted an arm E, one on each side of the carriage.

E is the back-rest for the seat E, which back-rest is secured to thepivoted arms E To each end of the seat E is secured an upright E havinga pin 6 at its upper end passing through a slot 6' in the arm E, asshown in Fig. 2.

D is a brace secured to each side piece D, and to said brace or othersuitable part of each side piece are pivoted at f f a pair of levers FF, the upper ends of which are pivoted to the seat E and having theirlower ends pivoted to a bar F, as shown in Fig. 2.

G is a link pivoted in one end to the bar F and in its rear end to thetail-board A as shown in Fig. 2. The object of this arrangement is toenable the seat E to be adjusted and the back-rest E to be automaticallyadjusted in position for riding backward and forward simply by openingor closing the tailboard A. The operation of this part of the inventionis as follows: When the tail-board is in its closed position, the seat Eand its back-rest E" are held in their rear positions, as shown in Figs.1 and 2. If it is desired to reverse the back-rest E" it is onlynecessary to lower the tail-board A as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2,causing the link G, bar F, levers F F, and seat E to occupy therespective positions shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. During suchadjustment of the seat E it is gradually raised and lowered-that is,moved in a curved path by the leversF F--and during such motion the pin6 on the moving seatpost actuates the slotted arms E E and causes themwith the back-rest E" to be swung forward to the position shown indotted lines in Fig. 2.

By closing the tail-board the seat E and its connecting mechanism areautomatically moved to positions shown in full lines in Fig. 2. If sodesired, any suitable locking device may be used for the purpose ofsecuring the seat E orits tail-board in one or both of their reversepositions.

Having thus fully described the nature, construction, and operation ofmy invention, I wish to secure by Letters Patent, and claim- 1. Acarriage-body having one or two divided front-seat portions (J, pivotedto the middle partition 13 or other stationary part of the body, eachsuch seat portion having hinged to its outer end a side piece 0,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a carriage-body, one or two divided front-seat portions 0, pivotedto the middle partition B or other stationary part of the body, combinedwith a side piece 0, pivoted to the outer end of the seat portion 0, anda connecting-link O", pivoted to the said side portion and middlepartition or other stationary part, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 28th day of February, A.D. 1891.

FRED ELLIS.

Witnesses:

JOSEPH T. CLAnKsoN, WILLIAM T. CLARKSON.

